Tainted Temptation

~Kaelen~

The front doors of my city mansion closed behind me with a heavy, hollow thud.

I pulled off my overcoat and handed it to the waiting houseman, my mind still racing with the fallout of the London telemetry logistics. My knuckles, wrapped in fresh medical tape, were stiff and aching. I wanted nothing more than to clear the remaining administrative wreckage, make the long drive upstate to th